Note: Borderline speculative elements: the narrator reports a rumor that Esther Dudley can summon the spirits of the dead, without giving credence to it. First published in The Democratic Review, January 1839.

Synopsis: When the British are forced to leave Massachusetts duing the revolution, the last Govrenor leaves it in the care of Esther Dudley, who vows to remain the last loyalist in the lost colony, and to welcome the King's repesentatives when they come back. She remains for years, ignored or feared (for reputed magic powers) by the neighbors, entertaining the children with stories of the old days. Her sad death comes when she welcomes a governor but the wrong one: he is acutally an elected US official.